Fun fact: 5:45 was actually not done in post-production. They actually filmed the effect the way it is, on set. They showed this in their mv shooting behind.
Here's a small rundown. Technically, they were just normal close group of girls (School Trilogy) until they came across a lake (Love Whisper) and the lake granted all them powers. These powers started creating conflicts within the group (Fingertip was between the school trilogy and Love Whisper but this would be considered the beginning of their conflicts) and so Eunha started using her power, which is to turn back time with the butterflies, to save all of them (Crossroads) but in the end, she couldn't save all of them. Apple is the girls falling into the temptations of their powers.
@@PaulLeach123 no problem! Also, another thing. The part where the two girls kiss the apple right after the door closes and the the darkness comes, I think was intentional. Throughout their music videos, they made it clear that the two girls have a special relationship. It's still unclear if they're the same person, siblings, or twins but I believe one of them represents light and dark. I believe Source Music chose them to represent the two sides because the two girls have actually known each other since they were children and share the same real name (Eunbi)
@@PaulLeach123 Eunha does witchcraft to try to resuscitate her friends, but it goes wrong which explains why they transform at the end . We can notice eunha who wears mourning clothes at 7:35.
From their latest comeback : - Gfriend - Apple MV [in Big Hit Labels] - [Special Clips] 'Apple' M/V Shooting Behind Part.1 - GFRIEND (여자친구) [In Gfriend official channel] - [Special Clips] 'Apple' M/V Shooting Behind Part.2 - GFRIEND (여자친구) [In Gfriend official channel] Also, maybe if you want (this was released before the "Apple" MV) : - Video trailer : GFRIEND (여자친구) A Tale of the Glass Bead : Butterfly Effect [in Big Hit Labels] - [Special Clips] ‘A Tale of the Glass Bead : Butterfly Effect’ Shooting Behind - GFRIEND (여자친구) [In Gfriend official channel] --------------------------------- FYI, GFRIEND MVs in order : 1,2,3. (in order) *"GLASS BEAD"*, *"ME GUSTAS TU"*, *"ROUGH"* : ordinary friends who grew up together. Their characters and relationship are happy and enjoy their time together. Songs portray their youth and highlight their friendship. "Glass Bead" : school life, "Me Gustas Tu" : their summer vacation together, "Rough" : their graduation day, on the way to become adults. 4. *"NAVILLERA"* : The girls begin to envy each other. The conflict starts. Song also mentions 'envy'. Nabi/Navi (나비) : butterfly symbolizes changes / Metamorphosis. Butterfly will appear a lot in GFRIEND's MVs. 5. *"FINGERTIP"* (mini album "The Awakening") : The girls have supernatural powers. They feel jealous of each other's supernatural power. They try to kill each other. They fight to each other. 6. *"LOVE WHISPER"* (mini album "Parallel") : There is a gap to the story of "Navillera" & "Fingertip". "Love Whisper" somehow fills the gap. "Love Whisper" song came out after "Fingertip" but I think the timeline is after "Rough" and before "Navillera". This is when they got their powers from the mysterious lake. 7. *"SUMMER RAIN"* (repackaged album : "Rainbow") : They regret their actions in previous stories. They miss each other. They reminisce about the past when they were happy together. 8. *"TIME FOR THE MOON NIGHT"* : the lyrics focus on memory and yearning. The scenes were between reality and a dream world. They miss each other's presence. 9-14. (in order) *"SUNNY SUMMER"* (KR), *"MEMORIA"* (JPN), *"SUNRISE"* (KR, JPN), *"FLOWER"* (JPN), *"FEVER"* (KR), *"FALLIN' LIGHT"* (JPN) : mostly, the MVs are in the dream world. The girls can meet each other but in the dream world and they look happy but when they're back in reality, they're sad again. Some scenes in reality and the dream world look connected. A. Before "Crossroads" MV, there is a video trailer : *"A Tale of the Glass Bead : Previous Story"*. It tells the story of previous MVs (and even breaks some of Buddies' previous theories, haha) 15. *"CROSSROADS"* (mini album "回:LABYRINTH"): The girls are trapped in a labyrinth of dream worlds. Eunha (short hair) is like the main protagonist (even from previous MVs). She has the power of "time travel". This MV reveals that she can time travel for 4 times and she used 3 chances already (Fingertip, Time for the Moon Night, Crossroads) and her glass bead starts to look darker. It looks like Eunha can use time travel when interacting with blue butterflies and connecting to sleeping (dream world). Even for the third time, she fails (scenes when focus on her eyes first then show the room behind her fall apart). The girls try to reach out to each other but end up making new mistakes and end up being drifted apart even more. They stand in the crossroads of the labyrinth. There is no resolution to their relationship. They're lost. B. Before "Apple" MV, there is a video trailer : *"A Tale of the Glass Bead : Butterfly Effect"*. Eunha faces 2 roads. After taking one, the girls are in a forest, running, searching. A forest symbolizes going into the unknown. Butterfly effect : a small change can create significantly different outcomes in a later state. 16. *"APPLE"* (mini album "回:Song of the Sirens") : Apple is a symbol of temptation here. They're tempted to 'song of the sirens' (song of death?) & apple. The girls turn darker and they're tempted to seek more power they shouldn't have. CMIIW, add more to this if you want. This is just short version anyway. It'll be too long if I write more....There are story books in GFRIEND's latest two albums 回.
Omg did I just found the most precise and concise explanation of the GFRIEND Universe so far? Wow, I would've love to see you make like a more in detailed post about this because this is pretty amazing and it's accurately summarized.
i would say that love whisper is the first in the gfriend timeline since isnt that when the girls are born and gain their powers on magic island on the lake?
Honestly the stuff happening kinda passes over my head, I just enjoy the aesthetics. Gfriend's recent releases and Loona'a entire debut project are too big brain for me
I agree entirely. I'd love to learn all the story lines and such but there's just so much of it I'll probably just stay here, admiring the beauty of the videos.
The story is kinda complex since their story started from their debut MVs. Those globes are actually glass beads. But basically for this MV, the apple was a sign of temptation which the girls gave into, therefore staining the glass beads red and they turned into the dark side, becoming witches (with the horns at the end). For a more comprehensive review, would recommend watching their 2 "A Tale of the Glass Bead" videos which are abt 2 mins each that detail it more. Thanks for the reaction! Hope you react to their track, Time For The Moon Night because that one too is cinematic and tells a story. :)
The 5:49 was actually also done with a camera lens, it was shown in their MV behind the scenes.. the members said it was cool since she said it was the first time it was used in the country hsshshsh
Talking about gfriend's mvs, I really love that sunny summer one... Can't explain, just my personal aesthetics maybe. But apple is good also. Thanks for this video!
Thank you for reacting. Gfriend has their own theory n sound from the beginning of their debut.. This is their new era, the song is about the temptation from apple n what happen after they ate the apple. Just an advice, if u somehow want to know their theory just watch their mv continously to get the theory from : Glass Bead, Me gustas tu, Rough, Navillera, Fingertip, Love whisper, Summer rain, Time for the moon night, Sunny summer, Sunrise, Fever, A tale of glass bead: previous story, crossroads, A Tale of glass bead:Butterfly effect. to get the theory. Thanks again.
i would recommend gfriend's "time for the moon night" and "Crossroad" as good mv production,cuz a lot of producers said that the production was really expensive,i hope youll make that one too,i love how you critic the MV a lot
The extra pull out when she's entering that room adds impact to the big drum hit happening at the same time. I'm guessing they shot the pull out, then when they were editing they just realized the slow pull out didn't have the impact they wanted (or perhaps it wasn't intended to land right on that big beat, so they decided to accentuate the beat with that punchy cut)
thanks for reacting their mv. it;s ok if u don't understand the story behind their mv. bcs even we ( their fans ) sometimes need a time to understood the story ^^
You cant understand the storyline because it connection with their all previous mv. From last comeback the album called labyrinth and the title track is crossroad. Means the girl stand at crossroad to make a choice. Now the new album called Song of the siren and title track is apple. Means the girl has make choice but they temptation by apple tree. Usually their storyline has blue butterfly, glass bead, diary, glitter shoe, airplane paper, mirror, diamond, bear, backpack and a lake. Actually until now GFRIEND and source music staff just give raw hint about GFRIEND universe storyline. So, many theories we figure out but not know which one is correct.
The G in Gfriend is actually Girl so your first guess was right :) you might also want to check out crossroads its shot as more like a short story rather than a mv
This was really interesting, I thought your point about the shot where the doors close and open onto a new scene was very valid and made sense I didn't notice it until now tho lol If you're still looking for recommendations I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on GWSN's Pinky Star (Run)! They often work in quite closed settings which I think is really interesting
I've watched some of your vids and I would say you should definitely checks out gfriend's older MVs because they were shot in real places and I heard you say that you like those
Paul, I don't know if you can read Hangul or know much Korean, but the group's name in Korean is Yeoja Chingu, which is literally Girl Friend. As is often the case with Kpop groups, they use Roman alphabet acronyms that actually trace back to Hangul characters or Konglish and other foreign origin portmanteus of various sorts. It's actually a pretty good marketing strategy as it likely helps a lot with international branding by having the group's name legible in the Roman alphabet even if it is often mispronounced or a bit confusing (Looking at you Yeoja Aideul, (G)I-DLE...lol). Group naming in Korea seems to be taken as seriously as naming one's children is taken there (Which is very serious business). There are likely few cases of "Well we all went out for chimaek one night, got plastered, and while at the noraebang thought {Insert Group Name Here} sounded pretty bitchin'."
Since you're still into the girlgroups, i recommend you to also explore boygroups, expecially Seventeen. Seventeen - Fallin' Flower is one of the most legendary M/V. I wonder how your thought is toward the video.
![[📺Reality] GFRIEND's MEMORIA - Home Together EP.1 | 우리 이렇게 먹기만 했나...?🤔](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ijePyVR_ypQ/mqdefault.jpg)
"Dark never looked so good." You got that right.
Fun fact:
5:45 was actually not done in post-production. They actually filmed the effect the way it is, on set. They showed this in their mv shooting behind.
yes yes i was gonna say this too....
"Help me with the story"
Oh boyyy uhmmm... We also don't know tho... WE'VE BEEN CLOWNED FOR YEARSSS
Here's a small rundown. Technically, they were just normal close group of girls (School Trilogy) until they came across a lake (Love Whisper) and the lake granted all them powers. These powers started creating conflicts within the group (Fingertip was between the school trilogy and Love Whisper but this would be considered the beginning of their conflicts) and so Eunha started using her power, which is to turn back time with the butterflies, to save all of them (Crossroads) but in the end, she couldn't save all of them. Apple is the girls falling into the temptations of their powers.
Ahhhhhhh. Leila, you’re my hero
@@PaulLeach123 no problem! Also, another thing. The part where the two girls kiss the apple right after the door closes and the the darkness comes, I think was intentional. Throughout their music videos, they made it clear that the two girls have a special relationship. It's still unclear if they're the same person, siblings, or twins but I believe one of them represents light and dark. I believe Source Music chose them to represent the two sides because the two girls have actually known each other since they were children and share the same real name (Eunbi)
@@PaulLeach123 Eunha does witchcraft to try to resuscitate her friends, but it goes wrong which explains why they transform at the end
. We can notice eunha who wears mourning clothes
at 7:35.
Their story is also connected to TXT and BTS universe 😉
About the apple , the story is like Adan and Eve's, after kissing the apple they began to do wrong things..i mean....sin, i guess..
From their latest comeback :
- Gfriend - Apple MV [in Big Hit Labels]
- [Special Clips] 'Apple' M/V Shooting Behind Part.1 - GFRIEND (여자친구) [In Gfriend official channel]
- [Special Clips] 'Apple' M/V Shooting Behind Part.2 - GFRIEND (여자친구) [In Gfriend official channel]
Also, maybe if you want (this was released before the "Apple" MV) :
- Video trailer : GFRIEND (여자친구) A Tale of the Glass Bead : Butterfly Effect [in Big Hit Labels]
- [Special Clips] ‘A Tale of the Glass Bead : Butterfly Effect’ Shooting Behind - GFRIEND (여자친구) [In Gfriend official channel]
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FYI, GFRIEND MVs
in order :
1,2,3. (in order) *"GLASS BEAD"*, *"ME GUSTAS TU"*, *"ROUGH"* : ordinary friends who grew up together. Their characters and relationship are happy and enjoy their time together. Songs portray their youth and highlight their friendship. "Glass Bead" : school life, "Me Gustas Tu" : their summer vacation together, "Rough" : their graduation day, on the way to become adults.
4. *"NAVILLERA"* : The girls begin to envy each other. The conflict starts. Song also mentions 'envy'.
Nabi/Navi (나비) : butterfly symbolizes changes / Metamorphosis. Butterfly will appear a lot in GFRIEND's MVs.
5. *"FINGERTIP"* (mini album "The Awakening") : The girls have supernatural powers. They feel jealous of each other's supernatural power. They try to kill each other. They fight to each other.
6. *"LOVE WHISPER"* (mini album "Parallel") : There is a gap to the story of "Navillera" & "Fingertip". "Love Whisper" somehow fills the gap. "Love Whisper" song came out after "Fingertip" but I think the timeline is after "Rough" and before "Navillera". This is when they got their powers from the mysterious lake.
7. *"SUMMER RAIN"* (repackaged album : "Rainbow") : They regret their actions in previous stories. They miss each other. They reminisce about the past when they were happy together.
8. *"TIME FOR THE MOON NIGHT"* : the lyrics focus on memory and yearning. The scenes were between reality and a dream world. They miss each other's presence.
9-14. (in order) *"SUNNY SUMMER"* (KR), *"MEMORIA"* (JPN), *"SUNRISE"* (KR, JPN), *"FLOWER"* (JPN), *"FEVER"* (KR), *"FALLIN' LIGHT"* (JPN) : mostly, the MVs are in the dream world. The girls can meet each other but in the dream world and they look happy but when they're back in reality, they're sad again. Some scenes in reality and the dream world look connected.
A. Before "Crossroads" MV, there is a video trailer : *"A Tale of the Glass Bead : Previous Story"*. It tells the story of previous MVs (and even breaks some of Buddies' previous theories, haha)
15. *"CROSSROADS"* (mini album "回:LABYRINTH"): The girls are trapped in a labyrinth of dream worlds. Eunha (short hair) is like the main protagonist (even from previous MVs). She has the power of "time travel". This MV reveals that she can time travel for 4 times and she used 3 chances already (Fingertip, Time for the Moon Night, Crossroads) and her glass bead starts to look darker. It looks like Eunha can use time travel when interacting with blue butterflies and connecting to sleeping (dream world). Even for the third time, she fails (scenes when focus on her eyes first then show the room behind her fall apart). The girls try to reach out to each other but end up making new mistakes and end up being drifted apart even more. They stand in the crossroads of the labyrinth. There is no resolution to their relationship. They're lost.
B. Before "Apple" MV, there is a video trailer : *"A Tale of the Glass Bead : Butterfly Effect"*. Eunha faces 2 roads. After taking one, the girls are in a forest, running, searching. A forest symbolizes going into the unknown. Butterfly effect : a small change can create significantly different outcomes in a later state.
16. *"APPLE"* (mini album "回:Song of the Sirens") : Apple is a symbol of temptation here. They're tempted to 'song of the sirens' (song of death?) & apple. The girls turn darker and they're tempted to seek more power they shouldn't have.
CMIIW, add more to this if you want. This is just short version anyway. It'll be too long if I write more....There are story books in GFRIEND's latest two albums 回.
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Omg did I just found the most precise and concise explanation of the GFRIEND Universe so far? Wow, I would've love to see you make like a more in detailed post about this because this is pretty amazing and it's accurately summarized.
Wow Buddies, amazing essay~ I really proud of you. This is really detailed yet relatively short. I hope Paul notice your comment!
i would say that love whisper is the first in the gfriend timeline since isnt that when the girls are born and gain their powers on magic island on the lake?
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You need to watch Gfriend - "Time for the Moon Night" ...... it's so beautiful
And sunrise
and fever
syukku syukku and labyrinth
And crossroads
@@azizanhisham8155 labyrinth has no MV tho...
I like where GFriend went with this video. More mature concept suits them so well.
Especially as the members are getting well into their 20's, so they need to start moving in new directions.
Honestly the stuff happening kinda passes over my head, I just enjoy the aesthetics. Gfriend's recent releases and Loona'a entire debut project are too big brain for me
I agree entirely. I'd love to learn all the story lines and such but there's just so much of it I'll probably just stay here, admiring the beauty of the videos.
same here with me. being a multi stan makes it 100x harder too haha, keeping up with a ton of groups and their stories is impossible
It's about the girls slowly embracing temptation in short lol
The story is kinda complex since their story started from their debut MVs. Those globes are actually glass beads. But basically for this MV, the apple was a sign of temptation which the girls gave into, therefore staining the glass beads red and they turned into the dark side, becoming witches (with the horns at the end). For a more comprehensive review, would recommend watching their 2 "A Tale of the Glass Bead" videos which are abt 2 mins each that detail it more.
Thanks for the reaction! Hope you react to their track, Time For The Moon Night because that one too is cinematic and tells a story. :)
Wow. GREAT info. Thanks!
G in GFRIEND stands for GAY, GIANT, GOD, GENUINE.
The 5:49 was actually also done with a camera lens, it was shown in their MV behind the scenes.. the members said it was cool since she said it was the first time it was used in the country hsshshsh
Thank you!
Those shots with greenery are not outside, it's actually a set, you can see it in the making video.
So if you're fooled by it, they did a good job ;D
Talking about gfriend's mvs, I really love that sunny summer one... Can't explain, just my personal aesthetics maybe. But apple is good also. Thanks for this video!
Thank you for reacting. Gfriend has their own theory n sound from the beginning of their debut.. This is their new era, the song is about the temptation from apple n what happen after they ate the apple. Just an advice, if u somehow want to know their theory just watch their mv continously to get the theory from : Glass Bead, Me gustas tu, Rough, Navillera, Fingertip, Love whisper, Summer rain, Time for the moon night, Sunny summer, Sunrise, Fever, A tale of glass bead: previous story, crossroads, A Tale of glass bead:Butterfly effect. to get the theory. Thanks again.
i would recommend gfriend's "time for the moon night" and "Crossroad" as good mv production,cuz a lot of producers said that the production was really expensive,i hope youll make that one too,i love how you critic the MV a lot
the G actually does stand for gorilla, how did you guess
I would really recommend their time for the moon night mv , that mv won award too
The first set was not actually outside/exterior but looks like it is...
The G stands for giant. Giant friend
In an interview once they said GFRIEND means they want to a good friend to girls and a girlfriend to boys. Was kinda cute.
He’s having too much fun with these titles lol
The extra pull out when she's entering that room adds impact to the big drum hit happening at the same time. I'm guessing they shot the pull out, then when they were editing they just realized the slow pull out didn't have the impact they wanted (or perhaps it wasn't intended to land right on that big beat, so they decided to accentuate the beat with that punchy cut)
Good call. I can see that
This represents a transition from one genre to to another
omg yesss i love this mv
thanks for reacting their mv. it;s ok if u don't understand the story behind their mv. bcs even we ( their fans ) sometimes need a time to understood the story ^^
YESSSS THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WAITING FORRRRRR
GorillaFriend is cute, actually. Since they are crazy so it suits them. Like, they are the cutest gorilla s
Thank you for givig reacting Gfriend Apple MV. Nice concept
GFRIEND is changing its concept. I'll look up more and get back with you
You cant understand the storyline because it connection with their all previous mv. From last comeback the album called labyrinth and the title track is crossroad. Means the girl stand at crossroad to make a choice. Now the new album called Song of the siren and title track is apple. Means the girl has make choice but they temptation by apple tree.
Usually their storyline has blue butterfly, glass bead, diary, glitter shoe, airplane paper, mirror, diamond, bear, backpack and a lake.
Actually until now GFRIEND and source music staff just give raw hint about GFRIEND universe storyline. So, many theories we figure out but not know which one is correct.
at first i was like "why tf is he talking so fast" and i realized i was in1.25x speed LMAO
the title is a bait, the video is short 57 seconds! i demand more gfriend because of this
gfriend crossroad’s also really good and sunrise
I think the scene where the door closes and 2eunbis kissed the apple shows tht they have gave in to temptation
*I REALLY LIKE ALL OF YOUR REACTIONS AND I JUST FOUND OUT THAT YOU ALREADY REACTED TO GFRIEND! I HAVE NEVER SUBSCRIBED THIS FAST BEFORE* 😅
The G in Gfriend is actually Girl so your first guess was right :) you might also want to check out crossroads its shot as more like a short story rather than a mv
This was really interesting, I thought your point about the shot where the doors close and open onto a new scene was very valid and made sense I didn't notice it until now tho lol
If you're still looking for recommendations I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on GWSN's Pinky Star (Run)! They often work in quite closed settings which I think is really interesting
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Thank you for reacted to gfriend apple ^^ . I would recommend WJSN - Save Me Save You too >
i'm living through your video titles! 😂
Laina sunflower explains the gfriend universe well i think, she made an apple analysis video
You shoukd venture their crossroads too!
I've watched some of your vids and I would say you should definitely checks out gfriend's older MVs because they were shot in real places and I heard you say that you like those
red velvet one of these nights 🥺
In 4:05 I think most kpop MVs do these kinds of pull outs like in Naughty MV
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the title is brilliant 😂👌
Time for the Moon Night --- > their best creation. Periodt
gfriend have a story telling
Please other GFRIEND's Music Video :))
the title noooo 😭😭😭😭😭😭
I guess its kinda adam and eve, where the apple signifies temptation and kinda look snow white, with witches ahahha
React also to love whisper, Navillera, and Rough. Thanks 😊
Gfriend is Girlfriend haha
thank you
Much people say it's about adam and eve but actually it's about snow white with apple and witch
Please do NCT127 Punch and Kick It. Also Exo Obsession and Love Shot these are dynamic and beautiful videos!
Actually everything In the MV was a set
No skipping of ads gang mates hahaha
please watch "TIME FOR THE MOON NIGHT" by GFRIEND too 💜💙
You should react to txt's eternally mv, bc its more of a short film than just an mv lmaoo
React to DPR live- jasmine or martini blue. Or Dean-bonnie and clyde. G-DRAGON coupe de ta..love your content
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Paul, I don't know if you can read Hangul or know much Korean, but the group's name in Korean is Yeoja Chingu, which is literally Girl Friend. As is often the case with Kpop groups, they use Roman alphabet acronyms that actually trace back to Hangul characters or Konglish and other foreign origin portmanteus of various sorts. It's actually a pretty good marketing strategy as it likely helps a lot with international branding by having the group's name legible in the Roman alphabet even if it is often mispronounced or a bit confusing (Looking at you Yeoja Aideul, (G)I-DLE...lol). Group naming in Korea seems to be taken as seriously as naming one's children is taken there (Which is very serious business). There are likely few cases of "Well we all went out for chimaek one night, got plastered, and while at the noraebang thought {Insert Group Name Here} sounded pretty bitchin'."
Can you react and analyze Golden Child One(lucid dream) MV?
You need to react one of loona members solo! Chuu has a song called ”heart attack” and it’s amazing! Or twice ”more & more”
He already did More&More but I guess he had to delete it
already watched the gfriend tale?
Yay! 😀 please react to twice Like Ooh Ahh
Hey paul, love the vid! Btw Im curious why you deleted some of your past videos, specifically the Dreamcatcher ones. I personally loved those 🥺
Since you're still into the girlgroups, i recommend you to also explore boygroups, expecially Seventeen.
Seventeen - Fallin' Flower is one of the most legendary M/V. I wonder how your thought is toward the video.
react to mago their latest and final comeback!! 😢
PLEASE REACT TO GFRIEND CROSSROADS & TIME FOR THE MOON NIGHT
Please react to Crossroads by GFRIEND!
Please don keep pause mv
Hope you could react on MAGO by GFRIEND.
Please please please react “Nature- Girls(uncensored)”
HWASA - MARIA Reaction?!
Please react to sunrise by gfriend
Gorilla friend?? How dare you
😂
React to God's Menu mv by stray kids 🔥
Please react to Stray Kids' God's Menu!
Pls react to hwasa maria